On the 15th September 1973, King Gustav VI Adolf died, having acceded in 1950 on the death of his own father, King Gustav V. Gustav VI Adolf’s son, named after him, had been killed in 1946, and his son Prince Carl Gustav had, in 1973, been crown prince for 23 years.

It is now 30 years ago since HM King Gustaf VI Adolf death he was born as Prince of Sweden and Norway in 1882 and died as King in an age of 90 years. I will mark this event by post some pictures from his life.